Ministers may pretend that the CPI is a more accurate measure for pensioners because it excludes housing costs but pensioners will give a hollow laugh at any idea that they don't pay council tax, which is excluded from CPI.

The CPI is going to confront Petrobras and Federal Revenue, when it is going to verify possible tax operations, which are worth compensation [of R$ 4 billion (US$ 1.9 billion) to the state-owned company] […]